In today’s Wall Street Journal on the front page of the Marketplace section is a story on the mobile web. Bango and FliDigital designed a mobile site for Basin Street Records as part of a pilot program. The story continues on page 5 with a screen shot of the Kermit Ruffins page that allows users to download ringtones and wallpaper, sign up for our newsletter, and check Kermit’s tourdates. Read the article HERE. Check out our mobile site for yourself at basinstreetrecords.wap.com.
Kermit Ruffins, LIVE AT VAUGHAN’S CD Release Party
Join us at Vaughan’s on Thursday, April 5th, 2007 for the release of Kermit Ruffins, Live at Vaughan’s. This is our first full length CD released since the levees broke. 100% of the proceeds from CD sales that night will benefit the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp. Pick up a bunch of copies that night for your family and friends and support a great cause at the same time.
Levees.org and Harry Shearer TV Commercial
Watch HERE and find out why Harry Shearer and those of us who belong to Levees.org believe you should care too. Please sign up today!
Saving Americas Wetlands
We are losing wetlands at the rate of a football field every 45 minutes. Find out why the US needs to help Louisiana save the wetlands. The Times-Picayune and nola.com created a very interesting flash movie at:
http://www.nola.com/speced/lastchance/multimedia/flash.ssf?flashlandloss1.swf.
Mark Samuels on News Hour with Jim Lehrer Tonight
Mark Samuels, the president of New Orleans based Basin Street Records, will be on News Hour with Jim Lehrer tonight as part of their coverage of Governor Blanco’s miserably failing Road Home Program. You can access the program online HERE.
EDDIE JORDAN: Step Down NOW!!!
Please sign this online petition to ask the New Orleans’ District Attorney Eddie Jordan to step down. If you wonder why, take a look at the stories that I link to below the petition link. http://www.gopetition.com/sign.php?petid=11128
GET MAD when you read the stories on these links below:
Nola.com
Gambit Weekly
WWLTV
Blogs.abcnews.com
Nola.com
pbs.org
Nola.com